HALIFAX — Maritime Travel has been named a Platinum Club winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2014 for excellence in business performance.

The Best Managed award recognizes Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million for sustained growth, financial performance, management practices and the efforts of the entire organization.

A Platinum Club winner must maintain Best Managed status for a minimum of six consecutive years. Maritime Travel has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Platinum Club for 10 consecutive years. Prior to that, it had been named one of Canada’s Best Managed companies since 1998.

Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs and recognizes Canadian companies that have implemented world-class business practices and created value in innovative ways. Established in 1993, it is sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, Queen’s School of Business and MacKay CEO Forums.

Applicants are evaluated by an independent judging panel on how they address various business challenges, including new technologies, globalization, brand management, leadership, leveraging and developing core competencies, designing information systems and hiring the right talent to facilitate growth.

“We attribute achieving this award to the sincere dedication of our teams. Our knowledgeable, caring staff on the front lines, together with state-of-the-art technology and operations, has been instrumental in achieving this award for so many years,” said Gary Gaudry, President of Maritime Travel.

The 2014 winners will be honoured at the annual Canada’s Best Managed Companies gala in Toronto on March 31. For further information, visit bestmanagedcompanies.ca.